Stina Leicht
@stinaleicht.bsky.social
SFF #author PERSEPHONE STATION, LOKI'S RING she/they Feminist queer ADHD PTSD Dyslexic. Agent: Hannah Bowman Publisher: Saga Press
New SF/Space Opera coming soon: HELIX FALLS
New SF/Space Opera coming soon: HELIX FALLS
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Stina Leicht
@stinaleicht.bsky.social
· May 14
Trump administration fires top copyright official days after firing Librarian of Congress
The Trump administration has fired the nation’s top copyright official, Shira Perlmutter. The move comes days after the abrupt termination of the head of the Library of Congress, which oversees the U....
apnews.com
i’m serious. if you want to fuck over the whole ai business model, support the library of congress. stealing all the books, poems, art, film… every creative thing supposedly copyright protected feeding it to ai for profit? turns out that’s not fair use.
apnews.com/article/copy...
apnews.com/article/copy...
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A judge has permanently blocked Trump's destruction of the Institute of Museum and Library Services. Really good news for libraries (and those like me, who love them! www.ala.org/news/2025/11...
Court permanently blocks Trump’s executive order to dismantle federal agency for America’s libraries
Today, the U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island struck down the Trump Administration’s attempts to dismantle the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS).
www.ala.org
November 24, 2025 at 10:51 PM
A judge has permanently blocked Trump's destruction of the Institute of Museum and Library Services. Really good news for libraries (and those like me, who love them! www.ala.org/news/2025/11...
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If you needed any more reason to preorder Star Wars Outlaws: Low Red Moon, remember this nugget below. Submit your preorder for a signed bookplate here: readstarwars.com/lrm-preorder
Second, I am VERY aware of ND-5's reputation as the Hot Droid. So I pitched a moment which was literally "ND-5 emerges from the water, like Daniel Craig in Casino Royale."
This moment made it into the book. You're welcome. THE END and PREORDER NOW and MORE TO COME
This moment made it into the book. You're welcome. THE END and PREORDER NOW and MORE TO COME
November 24, 2025 at 9:31 PM
If you needed any more reason to preorder Star Wars Outlaws: Low Red Moon, remember this nugget below. Submit your preorder for a signed bookplate here: readstarwars.com/lrm-preorder
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Recommend that your library buy the books you want to read! Often they will take suggestions both for physical AND ebooks (on overdrive? libby? whatever it is now)
there's also HOOPLA, which gives writers a pay-per-borrow amount!
there's also HOOPLA, which gives writers a pay-per-borrow amount!
just use the fucking library.
November 24, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Recommend that your library buy the books you want to read! Often they will take suggestions both for physical AND ebooks (on overdrive? libby? whatever it is now)
there's also HOOPLA, which gives writers a pay-per-borrow amount!
there's also HOOPLA, which gives writers a pay-per-borrow amount!
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OMG I love this synopsis so much
LESSONS IN MAGIC AND DISASTER by @charliejane.bsky.social
- queer and trans MC
- a grad student/casual witch teaches her mom magic to help her mom heal her grief
- but when success begets disaster
- the secrets to her magic and her mother's despair might be in an 18th century novel
- queer and trans MC
- a grad student/casual witch teaches her mom magic to help her mom heal her grief
- but when success begets disaster
- the secrets to her magic and her mother's despair might be in an 18th century novel
Lessons in Magic and Disaster
Check out Lessons in Magic and Disaster - <p><b>In the vein of Alice Hoffman and Charlie Jane Anders's own <i>All the Birds in the Sky</i> comes a novel full of love, disaster, and magic. </b><br><br>...
bookshop.org
November 24, 2025 at 9:40 PM
OMG I love this synopsis so much
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Congratulations to Zara Alfonso! Zara's 2024 Uncanny Magazine cover "Stasis" won the 2025 Frank R. Paul Best Magazine Cover Art Award! buff.ly/MRSHKuq
November 24, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Congratulations to Zara Alfonso! Zara's 2024 Uncanny Magazine cover "Stasis" won the 2025 Frank R. Paul Best Magazine Cover Art Award! buff.ly/MRSHKuq
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This is so fucked up. Stop stealing from authors!!
I posted a buy link here to "A Magical Inheritance" a few days ago, and 24 of you immediately went to Anna's Archives and fucking stole it from me.
Yes, stole it.
I do not get paid for your download there because YOU ARE STEALING FROM ME.
🖕
Yes, stole it.
I do not get paid for your download there because YOU ARE STEALING FROM ME.
🖕
November 24, 2025 at 5:43 AM
This is so fucked up. Stop stealing from authors!!
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Since before the dark times, I've maintained this handy list of space opera novels by cisgender women, trans, and non-binary authors.
If that sounds like something you need in your life, check out the spreadsheet. Suggestions always welcome via the form! #books
tiny.cc/spaceoperali...
If that sounds like something you need in your life, check out the spreadsheet. Suggestions always welcome via the form! #books
tiny.cc/spaceoperali...
November 24, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Since before the dark times, I've maintained this handy list of space opera novels by cisgender women, trans, and non-binary authors.
If that sounds like something you need in your life, check out the spreadsheet. Suggestions always welcome via the form! #books
tiny.cc/spaceoperali...
If that sounds like something you need in your life, check out the spreadsheet. Suggestions always welcome via the form! #books
tiny.cc/spaceoperali...
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ICYMI
In this (free!) essay, Freyja Stokes discusses the connection between the histories of sex work and witchcraft, and how Terry Pratchett uses that in the character of Mrs Palm.
Read it now!
www.speculativeinsigh.com
Read it now!
www.speculativeinsigh.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:31 PM
ICYMI
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It's an amazing feat of writing how @meganflchee.bsky.social can turn any mundane scenario into a hilarious and piercing critique of our society and capitalism, while also maintaining our empathy for the characters. And this story is no exception!
in @lightspeedmagazine.com
in @lightspeedmagazine.com
Everyone Hates the Auditor - Lightspeed Magazine
“Attention, please,” the Manager says over the office intercom. “The Auditor’s shuttle is scheduled to dock in one hour. I repeat, one hour. Warehouse staff, please ensure that all inventory is in pla...
www.lightspeedmagazine.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:48 PM
It's an amazing feat of writing how @meganflchee.bsky.social can turn any mundane scenario into a hilarious and piercing critique of our society and capitalism, while also maintaining our empathy for the characters. And this story is no exception!
in @lightspeedmagazine.com
in @lightspeedmagazine.com
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“People die of exposure,” is my new favourite response to the “work for free for exposure” grift 😆 Thank you, @annaguirre.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 4:51 PM
“People die of exposure,” is my new favourite response to the “work for free for exposure” grift 😆 Thank you, @annaguirre.bsky.social
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I can’t because mysteriously all five (6?) Starbucks locations in Cambridge and Somerville that had been walking distance to me have closed since 2020. Meanwhile, indie coffee shops here are absolutely booming !
Remember that striking Starbucks workers are asking you not to buy Starbucks right now
November 24, 2025 at 4:56 PM
I can’t because mysteriously all five (6?) Starbucks locations in Cambridge and Somerville that had been walking distance to me have closed since 2020. Meanwhile, indie coffee shops here are absolutely booming !
i always follow up with, “this is what public libraries are for, ppl. and libraries pay authors."
People who pirate books: “I just think art and literature should be FREE to everyone!”
Yes, I too would love to live in a world where art is accessible freely to all and yet artists are paid a living wage, but as this magical wagical pixie wixie land does not exist, please don’t steal from us.
Yes, I too would love to live in a world where art is accessible freely to all and yet artists are paid a living wage, but as this magical wagical pixie wixie land does not exist, please don’t steal from us.
November 24, 2025 at 6:02 PM
i always follow up with, “this is what public libraries are for, ppl. and libraries pay authors."
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People who pirate books: “I just think art and literature should be FREE to everyone!”
Yes, I too would love to live in a world where art is accessible freely to all and yet artists are paid a living wage, but as this magical wagical pixie wixie land does not exist, please don’t steal from us.
Yes, I too would love to live in a world where art is accessible freely to all and yet artists are paid a living wage, but as this magical wagical pixie wixie land does not exist, please don’t steal from us.
November 24, 2025 at 4:40 PM
People who pirate books: “I just think art and literature should be FREE to everyone!”
Yes, I too would love to live in a world where art is accessible freely to all and yet artists are paid a living wage, but as this magical wagical pixie wixie land does not exist, please don’t steal from us.
Yes, I too would love to live in a world where art is accessible freely to all and yet artists are paid a living wage, but as this magical wagical pixie wixie land does not exist, please don’t steal from us.
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An economy that relies on exponential growth in a world of finite resources is doomed to fail. Especially when so many of the resources it wants us to buy are harvested through incredibly toxic mining practices and slave labour
www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/h... "please, buy new phone. the economy is dying" is an incredible gaslight
Americans are holding onto devices longer than ever and it's costing economy
Americans are holding onto devices longer than ever before, and while it may be consumer smart, it comes at a cost to work productivity and the U.S. economy.
www.cnbc.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:30 AM
An economy that relies on exponential growth in a world of finite resources is doomed to fail. Especially when so many of the resources it wants us to buy are harvested through incredibly toxic mining practices and slave labour
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to stick with it!
Anything you could share is welcome! Any sharing with your network also helps! And I'm already grateful! Thank you so much!
gofund.me/ce21d48c2
Anything you could share is welcome! Any sharing with your network also helps! And I'm already grateful! Thank you so much!
gofund.me/ce21d48c2
Donate to Keep LP in School Spring 2026, organized by LP Kindred
Hey y'all,
I'm LP Kindred, a Chicagoan-Angeleno writer/editor/teaching artist/culture work… LP Kindred needs your support for Keep LP in School Spring 2026
gofund.me
November 19, 2025 at 10:20 PM
to stick with it!
Anything you could share is welcome! Any sharing with your network also helps! And I'm already grateful! Thank you so much!
gofund.me/ce21d48c2
Anything you could share is welcome! Any sharing with your network also helps! And I'm already grateful! Thank you so much!
gofund.me/ce21d48c2
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LP Kindred is a non-traditional student at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in need of help with tuition.
They're in their 40s & working on a BFA in Writing. Their work has appeared on LeVar Burton Reads podcast, Carnegie Hall's Afrofuturism Festival & they're a 3x Ignyte Award nominee.
They're in their 40s & working on a BFA in Writing. Their work has appeared on LeVar Burton Reads podcast, Carnegie Hall's Afrofuturism Festival & they're a 3x Ignyte Award nominee.
to stick with it!
Anything you could share is welcome! Any sharing with your network also helps! And I'm already grateful! Thank you so much!
gofund.me/ce21d48c2
Anything you could share is welcome! Any sharing with your network also helps! And I'm already grateful! Thank you so much!
gofund.me/ce21d48c2
Donate to Keep LP in School Spring 2026, organized by LP Kindred
Hey y'all,
I'm LP Kindred, a Chicagoan-Angeleno writer/editor/teaching artist/culture work… LP Kindred needs your support for Keep LP in School Spring 2026
gofund.me
November 24, 2025 at 1:46 AM
LP Kindred is a non-traditional student at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in need of help with tuition.
They're in their 40s & working on a BFA in Writing. Their work has appeared on LeVar Burton Reads podcast, Carnegie Hall's Afrofuturism Festival & they're a 3x Ignyte Award nominee.
They're in their 40s & working on a BFA in Writing. Their work has appeared on LeVar Burton Reads podcast, Carnegie Hall's Afrofuturism Festival & they're a 3x Ignyte Award nominee.
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And yes, I know the novella market has changed and awards focus is on novellas that appear as standalone books from medium to large publishers but I (obviously) still love publishing and reading novellas as meaty offerings in magazines and anthologies and I hope enough people still do too.
As the end of the year approaches here's my 2025 eligibility post for my novella "Descent" in
@clarkesworldmagazine.com:
a science-fantasy story about an expedition on a planet of sonic storms. Adventure, parental expectations and the limits of knowledge
wtalabi.wordpress.com/2025/11/21/2...
@clarkesworldmagazine.com:
a science-fantasy story about an expedition on a planet of sonic storms. Adventure, parental expectations and the limits of knowledge
wtalabi.wordpress.com/2025/11/21/2...
2025 Awards Eligibility (Visibility) Post
Well! Here we are once again, approaching the end of another year. Where does all the time go? Sometimes I wish I could pull a Megalopolis and “stop time” (IYKYK). But yes, as the inexo…
wtalabi.wordpress.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:57 AM
And yes, I know the novella market has changed and awards focus is on novellas that appear as standalone books from medium to large publishers but I (obviously) still love publishing and reading novellas as meaty offerings in magazines and anthologies and I hope enough people still do too.
i certainly am not excited about their plan to replace all employees with llms and/or produce a vengeful ai goddess. (face it, every model they come up with is femme.) particularly when their plan to deal with the aftermath looks like the underpants gnomes’ from southpark.
a sign that says collect underpants phase 1 phase 2 phase 3 and collect underpants profit
Alt: a sign that says: phase 1- collect underpants, phase 2- ?, phase 3- profit
media.tenor.com
November 23, 2025 at 6:21 PM
i certainly am not excited about their plan to replace all employees with llms and/or produce a vengeful ai goddess. (face it, every model they come up with is femme.) particularly when their plan to deal with the aftermath looks like the underpants gnomes’ from southpark.
i want to be more optimistic about technology. however, i refuse to be exited about billionaires using tech for oppressive systems. i’m a star trek girlie. i want tech that benefits everyone—not a handful of white dudes with pretensions of godhood.
November 23, 2025 at 6:17 PM
i want to be more optimistic about technology. however, i refuse to be exited about billionaires using tech for oppressive systems. i’m a star trek girlie. i want tech that benefits everyone—not a handful of white dudes with pretensions of godhood.
okay. i’ve bad talked on llms enough—yeah, i know. it probably looks weird that someone who is as into sf as i am should be so negative about technology. part of it is, i spent a large part of my day job life in tech. the shine is off. the other is, i read about it. a lot.
time to get busy.
time to get busy.
November 23, 2025 at 6:15 PM
okay. i’ve bad talked on llms enough—yeah, i know. it probably looks weird that someone who is as into sf as i am should be so negative about technology. part of it is, i spent a large part of my day job life in tech. the shine is off. the other is, i read about it. a lot.
time to get busy.
time to get busy.
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I'm enjoying the freakout over on XTwitter about geographical locations being exposed...it's exposing some literary scammers as well. Here's "literary agent" Joyce Momoa, about whom I get occasional inquiries.
November 23, 2025 at 5:50 PM
I'm enjoying the freakout over on XTwitter about geographical locations being exposed...it's exposing some literary scammers as well. Here's "literary agent" Joyce Momoa, about whom I get occasional inquiries.
there’s also an article in mother jones’ newsletter today about data centers and how hated they are.
"As the AI revolution races on and companies pour billions into their buildouts, public opposition to data center development is increasingly the face of resistance to the technology itself."
"As the AI revolution races on and companies pour billions into their buildouts, public opposition to data center development is increasingly the face of resistance to the technology itself."
November 23, 2025 at 5:45 PM
there’s also an article in mother jones’ newsletter today about data centers and how hated they are.
"As the AI revolution races on and companies pour billions into their buildouts, public opposition to data center development is increasingly the face of resistance to the technology itself."
"As the AI revolution races on and companies pour billions into their buildouts, public opposition to data center development is increasingly the face of resistance to the technology itself."
the whole thing reads like a fictional character with an astronomical gambling problem. you know the guys with the baseball bats are coming. that’s how the story goes.
November 23, 2025 at 5:41 PM
the whole thing reads like a fictional character with an astronomical gambling problem. you know the guys with the baseball bats are coming. that’s how the story goes.